News: Then & Now

Compare today's media to yesterday's and discuss how the "first draft of history" is often written by the press. News: Then & Now is a Teaching with Primary Sources project.

Why Target is being boycotted, and how the company has responded

K-pop band 1VERSE, featuring two North Korean defectors, makes global debut

East Wing of White House torn down as Trump clears space for his ballroom

Daily News Lesson August 25 2025

Learn more about the Target boycott and connections to political boycotts of the past

Daily News Lesson December 18 2025

Explore the making of this PBS documentary and why students continue to study the American Revolution

Daily News Lesson October 16 2025

Learn about an indigenous leader who was pardoned by President Biden at the end of his term

Daily News Lesson October 24 2025

Learn of the White House exemption to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966

Daily News Lesson August 01 2025

"...it's well over an 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from food waste management." - Eric Roy

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